User:Squid661/U-82 Draft
| History | |
|---|---|
 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-82 |
| Ordered | January 25 1939 |
| Builder | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Laid down | May 15 1940 |
| Launched | March 15 1941 |
| Commissioned | May 14 1941 |
| Fate | Sunk February 6 1942 north of the Azores. |
| General characteristics (Type VIIC) | |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 769 long tons (781 t) surfaced 871 long tons (885 t) submerged |
| Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam | list error: <br /> list (help) 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Draft | 4.72 m (15 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft, 6-cylinder, 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesels totalling 2,800–3,200 hp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
| Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth | list error: <br /> list (help) 230 m (750 ft) Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement | 44-52 officers & ratings |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) • 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA or 39 TMB mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun with 220 rounds • Various FLAK weaponry (see main article) |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Kriegsmarine 3. Unterseebootsflottille |
| Commanders: | Siegfried Rollmann |
| Operations: | 3 patrols |
| Victories: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 8 ships sunk for a total of 51.875 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.190 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 1.999 GRT |
U-82 was a German Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down on 15 May 1940 by Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft of Bremen. She was commissioned on 14 May 1941 with Oberleutnant Siegfried Rollmann in command. U-82 conducted three patrols, sinking 8 merchant ships for 51,859 tons and damaging another for 1,190 tons. On its final patrol, it also sank HMS Belmont. On 6 February 1942, U-82 was sunk with all 45 of her crew by depth charges from the sloop HMS Rochester and the corvette HMS Tamarisk.